Africa

An explosion at a small hotel near a police station in northeastern Kenya killed four people, including three officers, and injured several others on Monday, the Associated Press reported. The blast in Mandera, near the Somalia border, was caused by…

Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official on Saturday urged African countries to invest in high-impact interventions to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. According to the WHO official, TB remains the second leading cause of…

Al Shabaab terrorists attacked a military base in Somalia, killing at least 17 people, Reuters reported. The attackers briefly occupied the Busley base in the Lower Shabelle region using suicide car bombs, the news agency added. According to the report,…

At least 54 people have died from cholera in Somalia in recent months, with nine deaths occurring in the past week, marking the highest weekly death toll this year, according to Save the Children. The organization emphasized the vulnerability of…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is currently experiencing its worst cholera outbreak since 2017, with 50,000 suspected cases and 470 deaths recorded in 2023, World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The risk is high in internally displaced people…

In South Sudan’s eastern Pibor region, 15 people, including a county commissioner, were shot dead by young men amid escalating local conflicts ahead of a national election later this year, the Reuters reported. The region has a history of violence,…

South Sudan has begun closing all schools in preparation for an extreme heatwave expected to last two weeks, the Guardian reported yesterday. The health and education ministries required parents to keep all children indoors as temperatures are expected to soar…

According to statistics compiled by the World Bank, poverty has dramatically increased in Sub-Saharan countries due to conflicts and political instability in the region. In 1990, 278 million people were identified as poor in Sub-Saharan Africa. This number increased to…

Over 99,313 people, including 61,492 children have fled their homes between Dec. 22 and March 3 due to renewed violence in northern Mozambique, Save the Children said Tuesday. In a statement, the British charity said the seven-year-long cases of violent…

Eight migrants drowned off Morocco’s Mediterranean coasts while attempting to cross to Spain in a flimsy boat, Xinhua reported on Wednesday. The victims were among a group of unidentified irregular migrants who boarded the boat Tuesday evening in an attempt…